Management of Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 313, Issue 13, 1985, Pages 800-805

  Resnick, Neil M ^a   Yalla, Subbarao V ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLADDER; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0022416726     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198509263131307     Document Type: Review

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